Patents by Inventor Yoshiaki Oikawa

Yoshiaki Oikawa has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230170444
    Abstract: An object is to provide a highly reliable light emitting device which is thin and is not damaged by external local pressure. Further, another object is to manufacture a light emitting device with a high yield by preventing defects of a shape and characteristics due to external stress in a manufacture process. A light emitting element is sealed between a first structure body in which a fibrous body is impregnated with an organic resin and a second structure body in which a fibrous body is impregnated with an organic resin, whereby a highly reliable light emitting device which is thin and has intensity can be provided. Further, a light emitting device can be manufactured with a high yield by preventing defects of a shape and characteristics in a manufacture process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Oikawa, Shingo EGUCHI, Mitsuo MASHIYAMA, Masatoshi KATANIWA, Hironobu SHOJI, Masataka NAKADA, Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20230113155
    Abstract: Provided is a multifunctional display device or a multifunctional electronic device. Provided is a display device or electronic device with high visibility. Provided is a display device or electronic device with low power consumption. The electronic device includes a housing, a display device, a system unit, a camera, a secondary battery, a reflective surface, and a wearing tool. The system unit and the secondary battery are each positioned inside the housing. The system unit includes a charging circuit unit. The charging circuit unit is configured to control charging of the secondary battery. The system unit is configured to perform first processing based on imaging data of the camera. The first processing includes at least one of gesture operation, head tracking, and eye tracking. The system unit is configured to generate image data based on the first processing. The display device is configured to display the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Yosuke TSUKAMOTO, Kiyoshi KATO, Tatsuya ONUKI, Yoshiaki OIKAWA, Kensuke YOSHIZUMI
  • Publication number: 20230112113
    Abstract: A novel storage device is provided. The storage device includes a first wiring, a second wiring, and a first memory cell. The first memory cell includes a first transistor and a first magnetic tunnel junction device. One of a source or a drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to a first wiring. The other of the source or the drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to one terminal of the first magnetic tunnel junction device. Another terminal of the first magnetic tunnel junction device is electrically connected to the second wiring. The first transistor includes an oxide semiconductor in its channel formation region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki OIKAWA, Atsushi MIYAGUCHI, Hideki UOCHI
  • Patent number: 11626521
    Abstract: An object is to improve reliability of a light-emitting device. A light-emitting device has a driver circuit portion including a transistor for a driver circuit and a pixel portion including a transistor for a pixel over one substrate. The transistor for the driver circuit and the transistor for the pixel are inverted staggered transistors each including an oxide semiconductor layer in contact with part of an oxide insulating layer. In the pixel portion, a color filter layer and a light-emitting element are provided over the oxide insulating layer. In the transistor for the driver circuit, a conductive layer overlapping with a gate electrode layer and the oxide semiconductor layer is provided over the oxide insulating layer. The gate electrode layer, a source electrode layer, and a drain electrode layer are formed using metal conductive films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Junichiro Sakata, Masayuki Sakakura, Yoshiaki Oikawa, Kenichi Okazaki, Hotaka Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20230085495
    Abstract: An object is to provide a display device with excellent display characteristics, where a pixel circuit and a driver circuit provided over one substrate are formed using transistors which have different structures corresponding to characteristics of the respective circuits. The driver circuit portion includes a driver circuit transistor in which a gate electrode layer, a source electrode layer, and a drain electrode layer are formed using a metal film, and a channel layer is formed using an oxide semiconductor. The pixel portion includes a pixel transistor in which a gate electrode layer, a source electrode layer, and a drain electrode layer are formed using an oxide conductor, and a semiconductor layer is formed using an oxide semiconductor. The pixel transistor is formed using a light-transmitting material, and thus, a display device with higher aperture ratio can be manufactured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Junichiro SAKATA, Masashi TSUBUKU, Kengo AKIMOTO, Miyuki HOSOBA, Masayuki SAKAKURA, Yoshiaki OIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11557697
    Abstract: An object is to provide a highly reliable light emitting device which is thin and is not damaged by external local pressure. Further, another object is to manufacture a light emitting device with a high yield by preventing defects of a shape and characteristics due to external stress in a manufacture process. A light emitting element is sealed between a first structure body in which a fibrous body is impregnated with an organic resin and a second structure body in which a fibrous body is impregnated with an organic resin, whereby a highly reliable light emitting device which is thin and has intensity can be provided. Further, a light emitting device can be manufactured with a high yield by preventing defects of a shape and characteristics in a manufacture process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Oikawa, Shingo Eguchi, Mitsuo Mashiyama, Masatoshi Kataniwa, Hironobu Shoji, Masataka Nakada, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20230005460
    Abstract: Provided is a signal processing apparatus having: a sound source separation unit configured to perform sound source separation on a mixed sound signal obtained by mixing a plurality of sound source signals; a sound source type determination unit configured to determine a type of a predetermined sound source signal obtained by the sound source separation; and an output destination control unit configured to output the predetermined sound source signal to a corresponding output device on the basis of a determination result of the sound source type determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Osako, Yoshiaki Oikawa, Yuhki Mitsufuji
  • Publication number: 20230006164
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to improve the reliability of a light-emitting device. Another object of the invention is to provide flexibility to a light-emitting device having a thin film transistor using an oxide semiconductor film. A light-emitting device has, over one flexible substrate, a driving circuit portion including a thin film transistor for a driving circuit and a pixel portion including a thin film transistor for a pixel. The thin film transistor for a driving circuit and the thin film transistor for a pixel are inverted staggered thin film transistors including an oxide semiconductor layer which is in contact with a part of an oxide insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Shingo EGUCHI, Yoshiaki OIKAWA, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Hotaka MARUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230007396
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a signal processing apparatus and method, and a program that make it possible to reduce an arithmetic operation amount. The signal processing apparatus performs, on the basis of audio object mute information indicative of whether or not a signal of an audio object is a mute signal, at least either one of a decoding process or a rendering process of an object signal of the audio object. The present technology can be applied to a signal processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Honma, Toru Chinen, Yoshiaki Oikawa
  • Patent number: 11532340
    Abstract: A novel storage device is provided. The storage device includes a first wiring, a second wiring, and a first memory cell. The first memory cell includes a first transistor and a first magnetic tunnel junction device. One of a source or a drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to a first wiring. The other of the source or the drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to one terminal of the first magnetic tunnel junction device. Another terminal of the first magnetic tunnel junction device is electrically connected to the second wiring. The first transistor includes an oxide semiconductor in its channel formation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Oikawa, Atsushi Miyaguchi, Hideki Uochi
  • Patent number: 11532488
    Abstract: An object is to provide a display device with excellent display characteristics, where a pixel circuit and a driver circuit provided over one substrate are formed using transistors which have different structures corresponding to characteristics of the respective circuits. The driver circuit portion includes a driver circuit transistor in which a gate electrode layer, a source electrode layer, and a drain electrode layer are formed using a metal film, and a channel layer is formed using an oxide semiconductor. The pixel portion includes a pixel transistor in which a gate electrode layer, a source electrode layer, and a drain electrode layer are formed using an oxide conductor, and a semiconductor layer is formed using an oxide semiconductor. The pixel transistor is formed using a light-transmitting material, and thus, a display device with higher aperture ratio can be manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Junichiro Sakata, Masashi Tsubuku, Kengo Akimoto, Miyuki Hosoba, Masayuki Sakakura, Yoshiaki Oikawa
  • Publication number: 20220367575
    Abstract: A high-resolution display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a first to a fourth subpixels continuously lined up in this order, where the first and second subpixels emit light of a first color and the third and fourth subpixels emit light of a second color. The first color and the second color are different from each other. The first subpixel includes a first light-emitting device and a first coloring layer overlapping with the first light-emitting device; the second subpixel includes a second light-emitting device and the first coloring layer overlapping with the second light-emitting device; the third subpixel includes a third light-emitting device and a second coloring layer overlapping with the third light-emitting device; and the fourth subpixel includes a fourth light-emitting device and the second coloring layer overlapping with the fourth light-emitting device. The first to fourth light-emitting devices emit light of one color and are driven independently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Takayuki IKEDA, Yoshiaki OIKAWA, Natsuko TAKASE, Kensuke YOSHIZUMI
  • Publication number: 20220360931
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a signal processing device, signal processing method, and program capable of providing a higher realistic feeling. A signal processing device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires audio data of an audio object and metadata including position information indicating a position of the audio object and direction information indicating a direction of the audio object; and a signal generation unit that generates a reproduction signal for reproducing a sound of the audio object at a listening position on the basis of listening position information indicating the listening position, listener direction information indicating a direction of a listener at the listening position, the position information, the direction information, and the audio data. The present technology is applicable to a transmission reproduction system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichi Namba, Makoto Akune, Keiichi Aoyama, Yoshiaki Oikawa
  • Publication number: 20220360930
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a signal processing device, a method, and a program that make it possible for a user to obtain a higher realistic feeling. The signal processing device includes: an audio generation unit that generates a sound source signal according to a type of a sound source on the basis of a recorded signal obtained by sound collection by a microphone attached to a moving object; a correction information generation unit that generates position correction information indicating a distance between the microphone and the sound source; and a position information generation unit that generates sound source position information indicating a position of the sound source in a target space on the basis of microphone position information indicating a position of the microphone in the target space and the position correction information. The present technology can be applied to a recording/transmission/reproduction system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: RYUICHI NAMBA, MAKOTO AKUNE, YOSHIAKI OIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220335967
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a signal processing apparatus, a method, and a program that make it possible to obtain a high-quality target sound. The signal processing apparatus includes an interval detection unit configured to detect a time interval containing a sound that is emitted from a mobile body and that is included in a recording signal obtained by collecting sounds around the mobile body in a state where another mobile body is present around the mobile body, the time interval being detected on the basis of the recording signal and a sensor signal output from a sensor attached to the mobile body. The present technology is applicable to a recording system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: RYUICHI NAMBA, MAKOTO AKUNE, YOSHIAKI OIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11469387
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to improve the reliability of a light-emitting device. Another object of the invention is to provide flexibility to a light-emitting device having a thin film transistor using an oxide semiconductor film. A light-emitting device has, over one flexible substrate, a driving circuit portion including a thin film transistor for a driving circuit and a pixel portion including a thin film transistor for a pixel. The thin film transistor for a driving circuit and the thin film transistor for a pixel are inverted staggered thin film transistors including an oxide semiconductor layer which is in contact with a part of an oxide insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shingo Eguchi, Yoshiaki Oikawa, Kenichi Okazaki, Hotaka Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20220301614
    Abstract: A semiconductor device that enables lower power consumption and data storage imitating a human brain is provided. The semiconductor device includes a control unit, a memory unit, and a sensor unit. The memory unit includes a memory circuit and a switching circuit. The memory circuit includes a first transistor and a capacitor. The switching circuit includes a second transistor and a third transistor. The first transistor and the second transistor include a semiconductor layer including a channel formation region with an oxide semiconductor, and a back gate electrode. The control unit has a function of switching a signal supplied to the back gate electrode, in accordance with a signal obtained at the sensor unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Hajime KIMURA, Atsushi MIYAGUCHI, Yoshiaki OIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11445296
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a signal processing apparatus and method, and a program that make it possible to reduce an arithmetic operation amount. The signal processing apparatus performs, on the basis of audio object mute information indicative of whether or not a signal of an audio object is a mute signal, at least either one of a decoding process or a rendering process of an object signal of the audio object. The present technology can be applied to a signal processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Honma, Toru Chinen, Yoshiaki Oikawa
  • Publication number: 20220278139
    Abstract: A display device with a novel structure is provided. The display device includes a first substrate provided with a plurality of pixels including a display element, and a second substrate including a first conductive layer provided with a plurality of first openings. The first conductive layer has a function of an antenna capable of transmitting and receiving a radio signal. The pixel and the first opening include a region where the pixel and the first opening overlap with each other. The second substrate includes an element layer. The element layer includes a transistor. The transistor has a function of an amplifier capable of amplifying the radio signal. The transistor each includes a semiconductor layer including a metal oxide in a channel formation region. The metal oxide contains In, Ga, and Zn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Takayuki IKEDA, Hitoshi KUNITAKE, Koji KUSUNOKI, Yoshiaki OIKAWA, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11423921
    Abstract: Compensation accuracy is increased with respect to clip compensation in a case where signals from a plurality of microphones are subjected to an echo cancellation process. A signal processing device according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an echo cancellation unit that performs an echo cancellation process of canceling an output signal component from a speaker on signals from a plurality of microphones, a clip detection unit that performs a clip detection for signals from the plurality of microphones, and a clip compensation unit that compensates for a signal after the echo cancellation process of clipped one of the microphones on the basis of a signal of non-clipped one of the microphones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya Tateishi, Shusuke Takahashi, Akira Takahashi, Kazuki Ochiai, Yoshiaki Oikawa